Toilet vessel.



B. W. COOK.

TQILET VESSEL. APPLICATION FILED JAN.17, 1914.

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Specificationbf Letters Patent. I Patented Sept. 1914:.

Application filed January 17, 1914. Serial no. 812,765.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN W. COOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Midland, in the county of Midland and State of Michigamhaveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet Vessels, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in toilet vessels and hasrelation more particularly to a device of this general characterespecially designed and adapted for use in the sick room and the objectof the invention is to provide a device of this particular type havingmeans of a novel and improved character whereby the same may be employedfor differing purposes without any undue inconvenience and withfacility.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts whereby certainimportant advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler,less expen-' sive, and I otherwise more convenient and advantageous foruse, all as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theappended claims.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1, is a view in top plan of a vesselconstructed in accordance with an em;

bodiment of my inventiongFig. 2, is a view in side elevation of mydevice as illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, is a view in side elevation,with a portion broken away, of a vessel constructed in accordancewith afurther embodiment of my invention; and Fig. 4 is ;a view in top plan ofmy device as set forth in Fig. 3.

In the embodiment of my invention as set forth in Figs. 1 and 2, I setforth a conventional form of bed pan wherein 1 denotes the bottomportion provided with the opening 2, the surrounding portion of the panbeing so formed as to fit or be slid under the patient or user. At therear of the pan is positioned the spout 3.

In order that the bed pan maybe employed with convenience and facilityas a urinal I have the rear portion of the opening 3, recessed as at 4:and shapened somewhat after the fashion of a V and disposed upwardlyfromthe pan and in close proximity to the'recess 3 is the; flange orhood 5,. also substantially V shaped infform and which 1s adapted tocatch the urineejected by the user and thus preventing the urine frompassing beyond 'thepa'n.v

The hood or flange 5 may be of any predetermined height and as hereindisclosed is disposed substantially in alinement with the spout 3 sothat by having the parts so arranged as to eject the urine directly uponthe hood or flange 5, no urine will pass or spatter through the spout 3,which spout is intended solely for the purposes of emptying and cleaningor rinsing.

In order to close the opening 2 and the spout 3 when the device is notin use, I employ a suitable cover'member comprising a flanged bodyportion 6, adapted to snugly fit within the opening 2, and beingprovided with a lip or extension 7, adapted to close the recess 4 as isparticularly shown in Fig.

1. The body portion 6, is also providedwith an extension 8, adapted tooverlie the open end of the spout 2, and being cut away, as at 9, sothat the hood or flange 5 may pass which is adapted to serve as aurinal, the

conformation of such spoutreadily permitting it to be employed withconvenience in connection with a female patient or user or therethroughandthus offer no obstruction to receive the parts of a male patient oruserin order to guard against any undue scattering or splas'hmg of theurme while being ejected. The vessel 10, is adapted to be closed by thecover member 12, suitable flanged as at 1 1, such flange engaging theinterior of the vessel 10 and-being provided with the upwardly directedsuitable formed I extension 15, adapted to close the upper or open endof the spout 11. I

From the foregoing description of my improvements, it is thought tobefobvious that a toilet vessel constructed in accordance with myinvention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive natureand is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenienceand facility with which it may be employed for differing I purposes, andit is also thought to be obvious from the foregoing description that atoilet vessel constructed in accordance with my invention is susceptibleto some change and modification without material departure from theprinciples and spirit of the invention and for this reason I do not wishto be understood as limiting myself to the exact formation andarrangement of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my i-n--vention in practice.

Having thus fully descrlbed my inventlon, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of'the character described including a vessel provided wlth aspout and BENJAMIN w. 0001;.

Vitnesses:

FLOYD L. PosT, Mrs. SCOTT WlLsoN.

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' Washington, D. C.

